On July 16, Deputy EPA Administrator Janet McCabe announced the EPA’s grant selections for a $160 million grant program that supports efforts to report and reduce climate pollution from the manufacturing of construction materials and products. The grants will support the Biden-Harris Administration’s Federal Buy Clean Initiative, which leverages the U.S. government’s sway as the largest purchaser on Earth to catalyze demand for clean construction materials used in federal buildings, highways and infrastructure projects. EIMA reported that it is one of the 38 entities selected for the grant.

The grants will help businesses develop robust, high-quality environmental product declarations, which show environmental impacts across the life of a product and can catalyze more sustainable purchasing decisions by allowing buyers to compare products. EIMA’s grant – valued at almost $2.2 million – will help the EIFS industry develop LCAs and robust EPDs for EIFS products, producing a combination of industry-wide and facility-based EPDs. EIMA intends to contract with a reputable LCA provider, with a goal of working with 100 percent of American EIFS manufacturers (including non-EIMA members) to develop 77 EPDs, covering as many as 1,350 EIFS variations.

EIMA’s Board of Directors and staff are very excited with this development and thanked everyone who supported the grant application effort.